And Guess What I Forgot????

Ok, so it's been a busy fun week and I do have a sick child, but REALLY?????  After the party was done and the kids were gone I started to clean up a bit.  What do you think I found sitting in a box right beside my reading table?  The Christmas gifts for my class!!  How could I have forgoten them?  I can't believe I didn't remember to pass these gifts out.  Along with each child's gift, I had made an activity book for them to use during break.  Yep, those were in the box too.

It does go to show you how nice and respectful my class is this year that not a one of them asked me about gifts.

I guess my class will be greeted by gifts in their mailboxes upon returning after break:)

We Followed It Up With The Grinch!

We loaded our Kid's Packs into Mrs. Nickell's van today, all 150 of them!  After the heavy work, all of first grade watched The Grinch and ate popcorn.  We talked about how we felt after helping others and how the Grinch felt in the cartoon.  We also wore our Grinch masks and sang a song about the Grinch. I think all of the students had a good time.

Our Giving Project

This December four of the first grade classes decided to give to others rather than exchange presents within the classroom.  The students were suppose to perform chores at home to earn money to buy supplies used in the Kids Packs given out at the Middlebury Food Bank.  Last Friday all of the students had an opportunity to build at least one pack.  Along with the food items we included a paper ornament that our students made and a brand new book.  We will load these packs into Mrs. Nickell's van this afternoon and then celebrate with some Grinch activities.

I will post more pictures later :)